Cleat.



J. G. MORRIS.

GLEAT.

APPLICATION IILED OUT. 6, 1910.

Patented May 9, 1911.

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' between the members 5 and JOSEI PH G. MORRIS, OF RANDALL, KANSAS.

cLEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1911.

application filed October 6, 1910; Serial No. 585,685.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH citizen of the United States of sidin atRandall, in the county of Jewell and tate of Kansas, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Cleats, of which the following isa Specification.

This invention relates to a cleat for con veyer belts, the object of theinvention being to provide a device of this character adapted to bereadily clamped upon or removed from the belt or flight constituting anendless conveyer member. Usually cleats of this character are made ofwood and are secured to the canvas constituting the flight by tacks,nails, or rivets and it is very frequently the case that thesefastenings pull out of the canvas and the cleat becomes disengaged.

The cleat comprising the present invention is formed of metal andpreferably of sheet metal and comprises two parts adapted to be boundtogether with fastening devices passing therethrough, these two partsclamping the canvas of the flight between them in such manner that thecanvas is not damaged and the cleat is securely held in positionthereon.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in thedetailed description which now follows.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portionof a cleat constructed in accordance with the invention, and, Fig. 2 isa transverse sectional view thereof.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in both of the figures ofthe drawing.

Referring to the drawing, it will be seen that the cleat comprises anupper section 5 having its upper face channeled and its lower face ofconcave form as indicated at The lower section 8 of the cleat comprisesa flat bottom wall 9 and a convex upper face 10. The canvas of theflight 11 is clamped 8 by means of screws 12 passing therethrough. Nuts13 are threaded upon these screws and lie within the channel 6, wherethey are held against Gr. Mormrs, a America, re-

turning by reason of their engagement with the side walls of thechannel. The screws are adapted for engagement by a screwdriver andsince the nuts are held against turning, it is apparent that it is avery easy matter to tighten the screws to thereby clamp the material ofthe canvas 11 between the members 5 and 8.

An additional advantage that arises from ing a flat under having thestructure made of sheet metal and of the form shown, resides in the factthat the clamp is thus rendered more or less resilient and consequentlythe vibration to which the structure, as a whole, is subjected in use,1s not so likely to loosen the fastening devices, since the tighteningof the screws tends to draw the base of the channel 6 downwardly andtends to draw the lower wall 9 of the member 8 upwardly after whichthese parts naturally tend to spring apart'by reason of the resilientnature of the sheet metal of which the structure is formed. From theforegoing description, it will be seen that simple and efficient meansare herein provided for accomplishing the objects of the invention, butwhile the elements shown and described are well adapted to serve thepurposes for which they are intended, it is to be understood that theinvention is not limited to the precise construction set forth, butincludes within its purview such changes as may be made within the scopeof the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is: I

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with. afabric conveyer flight, of a cleat therefor, comprising an upper memberhaving a channeled upper face and a concave bottom, a lower memberhaving a flat under face and a convex upper face, and .means passingthrough both of said members for binding said members together alllldbinding the canvas of the flight between t em.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a fabricconveyer flight, of a cleat therefor comprising an upper member having achanneled upper face and a concave bottom, a lower member having a fiatunder face and a convex upper face, and means passing through both ofsaid members for binding said members together and binding the canvas ofthe flight between them, said means comprising screws and nuts threadedupon the ends of said screws, said nuts lying within the channel formedin the face of the upper member.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a fabricconveyer flight, of a cleat therefor comprising an up per member havinga channeled upper face.

and a concave bottom, a lower member havface and a convex upper face,and means passing through'both of said members for binding said memberstogether and binding the canvas of the flight between them, said meanscomprising screws and nuts threaded upon the ends of said screws, saidnuts lyin within the channel formed in the face 0 the upper member, saidnuts being engaged by the side walls of said channel.

4:. The combination with a fabric conveyer flight, of a cleat thereforcomprising a hollow sheet metal upper member and a hollow sheet metallower member, said upper member having a concave under face and saidlower member having a convex upper face, and means passing through bothof said members for binding them together.

5. A cleat for convey'ers comprising a hollow sheet metal up er memberhaving a longitudinally channe ed upper face and havin its bottom wallarched, a hollow sheet meta lower member having a flat under face andhaving its upper wall arched, and a screw passing therethrough and a nutthreaded on said screw, said nut lying within the channel of the uppermember and engaged b the side walls of said channel, whereby sai nut isheld against turning.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH G. MORRIS.

Witnesses: R. G. MoGoY, W. P. UTERMOHLEN.

